Manage Your Energy, Not Your Time

What type of energy do you have in the morning, or later in the day? What task is that energy best suited for?

Take a moment to think about it and you'll  realize that your energy levels  are higher at various times during the course of a day,  and you are therefore better suited to  doing certain tasks at certain times.

For example many people, of which I am one,  have energy levels that are highest in the morning, so that's the time to do all those tasks requiring high mental, physical and emotional energy.

I personally like to start my day with a workout as that seems to increase my energy levels, and then tackle those tasks requiring high creativity or problem solving.

I can then block out afternoons for those tasks that don’t need high energy like phone calls, emails and admin.

Time is constant, but energy levels fluctuate and differ from person to person, and it is best to not try to fit everybody into a standard timetable.

So, instead of focussing on managing time start focussing on applying your energy to time, in order to be most effective, productive and less stressed.